Flag Cake with Cream Cheese Topping Recipe
A festive flag cake topped with a cream cheese topping that is perfect for 4th of July or Canada Day parties.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 6 hours 55 minutes
- Yield: 18 servings
- Category: Cake, Dessert
- Method: Baking, Chilling
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Cake:
- 14.25 ounces white cake mix plus ingredients required on the box
Jell-o Mixture:
- 1 box strawberry Jell-o (4 serving size)
Fruit Toppings:
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 pint fresh strawberries (more as needed)
Topping:
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 8 ounces whipped topping or 3 cups stabilized whipped cream
Instructions
- Cake: Prepare cake in a 9×13 pan according to package directions. Cool and poke the entire cake with a fork.
- Jell-o Mixture: Add 1 cup of boiling water to the Jell-o mixture and stir until all powder is dissolved. Stir in ½ cup cold water. Gently pour over cake and refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Topping: With a hand mixer, mix softened cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add whipped topping. Spread over cake.
- Decoration: For Canadian flag, cut strawberries into a triangular shape. For American flag, create a blueberry rectangle in the top left corner of the cake. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
Notes
- Serving Tip: Cut the cake into squares once the Jell-O has set, before adding the cream cheese layer.
- Leftover cake can be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days. Remove berries & freeze portions for future use.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 173
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 240mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 13mg
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